Andy Quildan Comments on RevPro Has Seen Increase in RevPro OnDemand Subs Since Mercedes Mone Title Win
New Japan Pro Wrestling and AEW’s co-promoted Wrestle Dynasty event lats Sunday in Tokyo, Japan featured Mercedes Mone defeating Mina Shirakawa to become the new RevPro Undisputed Women’s Champion and retain her NJPW Strong Women’s Championship.
Cultaholic held a recent interview with Revolution Pro Wrestling Andy Quildan. One of the topics discussed included Quildan revealing that subscriptions for their RevPro On Demand service have gone up since Mone’s title victory.
“The reality of the situation is that Mercedes wants to be a difference maker. She looks at something like Revolution Pro Wrestling and what we’re achieving against all odds and wants to be a part of that, and wants to help elevate that. There’s two sides in a partnership. For us, we’ve got this opportunity to work with a globally recognised talent who is hopefully going to bring more eyeballs on to our product. We’re already seeing it, our social media numbers have gone up substantially since Mercedes Moné has won that championship belt. Our OnDemand subscribers have gone up, believe it or not, and I guess this is just her fans wanting to check out the product, so we’re already starting to see that, the first step to being noticed is being mentioned. The words ‘RevPro’ are on a lot more wrestling fans’ lips, be it positive, be it negative. I stand by the fact that you watch a Revolution Pro Wrestling show you will become a fan of Revolution Professional Wrestling. So that is absolutely perfect, it’s a match made in heaven for us.”
Quildan also gave his thoughts about RevPro currently working with Mone to bring her over for shows in the United Kingdom.
“We’re working on it. We are working diligently with Mercedes’ people to kind of ensure there are championship defences within the United Kingdom. We can look at this in many ways. We spoke about partnerships with other wrestling promotions, we can look at this as a partnership with Mercedes Moné. That’s a logical way to kind of look at this thing. We’re working together.”
Update on Chris Charlton NJPW Suspension Over Anti-AEW Comments Incident at Wrestle Dynasty
As noted before, NJPW English commentator Chris Charlton was recently suspended by New Japan Pro Wrestling following him being involved in a controversial incident at last Sunday’s Wrestle Dynasty event over controversial anti-AEW comments he made during the Kenny Omega vs. Gabe Kidd match.
Dave Meltzer reported in this week’s Wrestling Observer Newsletter that his sources stated that Bushiroad CEO and NJPW owner Takaai Kidani was the person who made the decision to suspend Charlton and not NJPW President Hiroshi Tanahashi or anyone else in NJPW. Meltzer reported that those within NJPW had supported Kidani’s decision.
Meltzer reported that those spoken to within NJPW stated that AEW had played no role in the decision by Kidani. Those within AEW reportedly had mixed reactions with some negative over the suspension punishment while others were supportive due to their issues with an announcer creating his own storyline angle and “parroting the negative perception viewpoints” of AEW and done without anyone’s consent. Meltzer reported that many of those spoken to stated that Chalrton came across as “one of those anti-AEW and anti-Tony Khan podcasters” over his comments. Meltzer also reported that Charlton’s comments did not fit with the booking of the show since neither NJPW nor AEW were doing a New Japan vs. AEW storyline feud for it.
Misc. Wrestling News & Notes
Saturday’s Battle in the Valley 2025 event for New Japan Pro Wrestling in San Jose, California featured Sumie Sakai officially retiring from her wrestling career. Sakai had teamed up with House of Torture (SHO & EVIL) in a Six-Person Tag Team match against Hiromu Takahashi, Mayu Iwatani, & Yuka Sakazaki, which was won by Takahashi’s team. Following the match, NJPW held a post-match celebration of Sakai’s wrestling career.
Saturday’s NJPW Battle in the Valley 2025 event in San Jose also featured Tomohiro Ishii and Gabe Kidd going to a 30-minute draw for their NJPW Strong Openweight Championship match. Following the match, Kidd gave a promo issuing a challenge to Ishii for a rematch at this April’s Windy City Riot 2025 event. Kidd stated that this match would be held as a 30-Minute Iron Man match for his title.
NJPW reportedly drew a paid attendance of 24,107 for their Jan. 4th Wrestle Kindgom 19 event at the Tokyo Dome in Tokyo, 16,300 for their Jan. 5th NJPW x AEW Wrestle Dynasty event in Tokyo, and 2,348 for their Jan. 6th New Year Dash 2025 event in Tokyo, Japan, according to the Wrestling Observer Newsletter.
Saturday’s Kings of Colosseum 2025 event for Major League Wrestling in North Richland Hills, Texas featured Matt Riddle defeating Satoshi Kojima to become the new MLW World Heavyweight Champion.
Saturday’s MLW Kings of Colosseum 2025 event in North Richland Hills also featured Delmi Exo defeating Janai Kai to become the new MLW Women’s World Featherweight Champion.
MLW recently announced that KUSHIDA and Eric Bischoff will be making an appearance for the company at their SuperFight 6 event on February 8th in Atlanta, Georgia.
Saturday’s Star Navigation Premium 2025 event for Pro Wrestling NOAH in Tokyo, Japan featured Tetsuya Endo defeating Manabu Soya to become the new GHC National Champion.
Game Changer Wrestling recently announced that ECW legend Sabu will be making an appearance for the company at their The People vs. GCW event on January 19th at the Hammerstein Ballroom in New York City, New York.
TNA and indies talent Steph De Lander recently announced on Twitter that all proceeds generated from her new shirt will go directly towards the Pasadena Human Society to help those affected by the on-going devastating wildfires in California.
This past Friday’s Only The Strong Survive event for West Coast Pro Wrestling in San Francisco, California featured Daniel Garcia making a surprise appearance. During the show, Sinner & Saint (Judas Icarus & Travis Williams) and Alan Angels attacked Titus Alexander and Starboy Charlie leading to Garcia making a surprise appearance and ran out to save Alexander & Charlie. This led to a Six-Man Tag Team match between the two teams, which was won by Garcia’s team. Following the match, Garcia, Alexander, and & Charlie celebrated their victory by doing Garcia’s signature dance. This was Garcia’s first appearance in WCP since September of 2023.
Pro Wrestling EVE recently announced one new match for the card of their Multiverse Rumble event on February 7th in London, England:
- Alex Windsor vs. Jamie Hayter
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